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27 October 2020 A good match between Atalanta and Ajax ends.
In the match of the second day of the group stage in Bergamo the Dutch fly to the double advantage in the 1st half, then Zapata thinks about it in the second half with a brace in 6 'to rebalance the challenge.
In the other match of group D Liverpool stretched out by beating Midtjylland 2-0 with some difficulty (Diogo Jota goal and Salah penalty).
English in the lead with 6 points, followed by the Goddess at 4, by the lancers at 1 and finally by the Danes still at zero.
And in a week, again in Bergamo, there is Atalanta-Liverpool.
First time of Champions in Bergamo for Atalanta.
Gasperini chooses Ilicic and Zapata in attack, supported by Gomez.
There is no De Roon, Pasalic plays.
Ten Hag lines up his team with the trident Antony, Traoré and Neres while Tadic acts a few meters behind.
Goddess with 3-4-1-2: Sportiello;
Toloi, Romero, Djimsiti;
Hateboer, Pasalic, Freuler, Gosens;
Gomez;
Ilicic, Zapata.
Ajax with the usual 4-3-3: Onana;
Mazraoui, Schuurs, Blind, Tagliafico;
Klaassen, Tadic, Gravenberch;
Antony, Traoré, Neres.
I start at very high rates.
Chance for Traore, whose deflected shot, leaves Sportiello stunned, but ends up outside.
Resounding opportunity at 15 'for Ilicic who exchanges with Djimsiti and then kicks very high from a good position.
Nerazzurri under pressure, Zapata takes off on the counterattack but then, face to face with Onana, kicks from the left to the side.
Shot from outside by Antony, but Sportiello relaxes and blocks (27 ').
Disrupted intervention by Gosens on Traore who already ends up in the area (28 ').
For the Slovenian referee Skomina it is a penalty.
From the spot the left-handed captain Tadic overtakes Sportiello: it is 0-1 (30 ').
The Nerazzurri try to react with Zapata and Hateboer.
But at 38 'there is the Dutch doubling: Neres cross from the bottom to the left, strong ball in the middle, Sportiello comes out but does not hold back and the quickest is Traore who in the split manages to touch just enough for the ball to enter the goal, despite X's postponement attempt. The first half ends with Zapata's attempt, but the 0-2 remains.
In the second half we restart with the same 22 in the field.
At 50 'great intervention by Onana to stop a free kick from Ilicic.
Sportiello responds in the 51st minute with an intervention with Schuurs' feet on a diagonal.
Zapata is unleashed and in the 54th minute he heads a perfect cross from Gomez after a shot by Ilicic.
Change between the lancers with Klaiber replacing Mazraoui (56 ').
But the Colombian striker does not stop as he starts in a regular position, enters the area and then with a right-footed bomb again strikes Onana scoring the 2-2 goal with a personal brace (60 ').
Atalanta close to the trio with Pasalic, but Onana is careful (68 ').
New change in the Dutch with Quincy Promes lined up in place of Neres (69 ').
Bravissimo Sportiello in the 76th minute on a really insidious low shot by Antony from the edge, ball in the corner.
Double substitution for Gasperini who removes Gomez and Ilicic to make way for Muriel and Malinovskyi (78 ').
Intense final, the two newcomers try, but with no luck.
It ends 2-2.